BLOG ASSIGNMENT #12

Create an Assignment for a Blog Post.

For this blog post, Dr. Strange has us making our own blog assignment. After looking around, I decided to learn about the iPad2 and how a student and teacher could use it.

The instruction's would be this:
1. Find a site that you can research about the iPad2 or view this site http://www.apple.com/education/ipad/.
2. Send a classmate a tweet telling them why you would buy a iPad2 or not.
3. Summarize at least three things that an iPad2 can do and how you would use them as a teacher.
4. In your post tell weather as a college student, if you would benefit better by buying your books from the University book store, or renting them, or by downloading them to the iPad2. Follow the requirements in Writing A Quality Blog Post.

Apple says that with the iPad2, "the classroom is always at your fingertips" and that iPad apps are expanding the learning experience both inside and outside the classroom. "The iPad2 has a feature on it that I think would benefit any student. On Apple's iTunes U there are more than 350,000 free lectures, videos, books, and pod casts from learning instiutions all over the world.

With iBooks, its a convenient way to browse, sample, and buy books. When checking the price of a math book at the campus store, the price was one hundred and twenty-five dollars. When I checked the price to download the same book it ran for forty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents, a saving of seventy-five dollars and five cents. On the average a college student usually buys four books a semester. To me this alone would be worth buying an iPad2.

With video mirroring and the Apple Digital AV adapter Apple says "your HDTV or VHD projection screen becomes a bigger version of your iPad". Video mirroring makes it possible to teach using educational iPad apps, movies, videos, and more. The iPad is great for students that have a vision imparment or have a hearing impairment. It comes with a screen reader, support for playback of closed captioned content, and other universal access features.

The iPad also has a calendar for staying on track. You can take notes in class on it . With maps, you can view maps from above with high-resolution satelite imagery, or up close with street views. The iPad2 in my opinion, is great for the teacher in helping her in the classroom, and yes, I will be adding it to my list of things I need.